Milan has banned selfie sticks, food trucks and glass bottles

Guess you have no choice but to focus on the art

We don’t know whether it’s taking its fashion-mecca tag a bit too seriously, but Milan has just banned a bunch of things for the summer. One of them is the selfie stick, aka a tourist’s best friend, as the authorities intend to curb “anti-social behaviour” (think damage to artworks, illegal taping of music concerts, death by selfie taking) in the city.

Food trucks, too, won’t be permitted to ply around, as the strategy includes doing away with all kinds of “moving trade” in public areas. The ban also extends to glass bottles to control littering. Tourists, as well as locals, are disallowed from “holding, carrying, leaving on the ground, disposing of, or receiving any kind of glass bottles or containers, cans, and selfie sticks” in the area spanning Piazza XXIV Maggio, Gorizia Avenue, Via Codara, Cantore Square and Gabriele D’Annunzio Avenue. FYI, Milan is the second Italian city after Rome to crack down on glass bottles.

Effective from 14 July 2017, the rules will be enforced till 13 August, after which a decision will be taken on their extension. Until then, stare at the artworks for a change. And dine at a trattoria.